madeforlayers indesign manual

Manual

MadeForL ayersFor Adobe InDesign & Illustrator

Manual

MadeForLayers InDesign (CS3 CS5) &

Illustrator (CS4 CS5)

Last modified: July 2011

2011

by axaio software gmbh

Berlin, Germany

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ManualMadeForLayers for Adobe InDesign & Illustrator

MadeForLayers04 _

Content

Introduction

06 _ Overview06 _ Versions10 _ Installation11 _ Registration

Application

14 _ Opening and Using MadeForLayers15 _ Extended dialog15 _ Normal dialog15 _ Minimal dialog16 _ Configuring a new layer view20 _ Making a layer view the default21 _ Overview: Which layer views contain a certain layer?22 _ Adding special metadata to different layers23 _ Exporting settings and importing them into other documents24 _ Exporting all layer views into a single PDF/X-4 file

IntroductionMadeForLayersMadeForLayers enhances and simplifies the handling of layers

in Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator. Users have the

option to create layer views, i.e. logical combinations of layers

that make handling layers efficient and dependable.

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Introduction

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OverviewVersions

MadeForLayers is available for Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator for both

Apple Macintosh and Windows.

Features Overview

MadeForLayers enhances Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator by adding several practical features for the neat and efficient organization of layers:

- Create different layer views organized according to topic-oriented document displays

- Make a certain layer view the default

- Use the currently visible layers to define a new layer view

- Add different layers to a layers view

- Add special metadata to different layers

- Export settings and import into other documents

- Overview of layer views and layers they contain

- Overview of views containing certain layers

! MadeForLayers is a layers

plug-in made by axaio software for Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding MadeForLayers, please contact [email protected].

Introduction

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Various windows of MadeForLayers:

- Minimal dialog (no editing, only switching possible)

- Normal dialog (switching between views as well as editing)

- Extended dialog (complete control, add metadata)

Integration into MadeToPrint:

- Export normal view (to various supported formats, e.g. PDF, PostScript, PNG, etc.)

- Export all layer views into a single PDF/X-4 file

- Export all layer views into separate files (in various formats)

! System Requirements: Adobe InDesign CS3 CS5 Adobe Illustrator CS4 CS5 Mac OS X or Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7


Installation

Launch the MadeForLayers installer (Macintosh or Windows) and follow the directions. Administrator rights are required to install the plug-in.

The following data is installed on Macs:

The axaio software folder containing the MadeForLayers plug-in is located in the Plug-Ins folder of Adobe InDesign or Adobe Illustrator.

The MadeForLayers documentation is saved in the Users directory under /Library/Preferences/axaio software contains the log files generated by MadeForLayers.

The MadeForLayers documentation is saved in the Users directory under /Documents/axaio software documentation .

The following data is installed on Windows systems:

The axaio software folder containing the MadeForLayers plug-in is located in the Program Files directory, for example, under Adobe InDesign CS5/Plug-Ins.

The Documents and Settings directory found in /Application Data/axaio software contains the log files generated by MadeForLayers.

The documentation for MadeForLayers can be found by going to the Start menu and then opening All Programs/axaio software documentation.

! Keep the key code in a safe

location and do not forget to send a copy of the completed registration card to axaio software. Only registered customers are entitled to receive updates and technical support.


Registration

After performing the installation, you can test MadeForLayers for 30 days with unlimited features.

If you have purchased a license for MadeForLayers, you will receive a registration card with a serial number and activation code (key code). To activate the software, enter your name, company and 24-digit key code in the registration dialog. If you have already registered MadeToPrint for the same version of the Adobe program, MadeForLayers is activated auto-matically.

You can view information about the registration, license and version of MadeForLayers at any time by going to the Help menu: About Plug-ins. Click on Register and enter the name, company and 24-digit key code.

ApplicationMadeForLayers in ActionAn operator window in MadeForLayers shows all of the

layer views that have been created in the document currently

opened. Existing layer views can be applied or edited. New

layers can be added as well.

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Application


Opening and Using MadeForLayersMadeForLayers for InDesign and Illustrator has a user interface that intelligently

displays and hides layers containing interrelated content.

Users can open the layer management interface by selecting the menu item Plug-ins; MadeForLayers.

Dialog Overview

MadeForLayers has three dialogs offering several different features.

- Extended dialog

- Normal dialog

- Minimal dialog

! Custom keyboard shortcuts

can be defined to open Made-ForLayers. To define these, go to the InDesign menu and select Edit; Keyboard Shortcuts In the Other product area, you will see the item MadeFor-Layers.

Application


Extended dialog

The extended dialog offers all of the options needed to edit layer views, switch between layers and create new ones.

Normal dialog

In the normal dialog you can switch between layer views and change the visibility of layers. You cannot edit layer views or layers in this dialog. You cannot edit layer views or layers in this dialog.

Minimal dialog

This very compact, minimized dialog allows you to switch back and forth between the layer views only by using the pop-up.

Application


Creating layer views

To create layer views, switch to the extended dialog. If your document already contains layer views, these are shown in the top part of the window. If no layers have been created, this area remains empty.

The window is divided into two sections. The layer views are shown in the top section along with the corresponding buttons for adding, editing and removing layer views, saving, resetting and for importing and exporting settings. The layers of the document are shown in the lower section of the window along with buttons for creating, deleting and editing these layers.

Configuring a new layer view

The user can add a layer view by clicking on the button with the green plus symbol in the upper section of the layer management window.

In the following dialog you can give the setting a name. The new layer view is automatically populated with the layers that are currently visible in the document.

! You can also save the layer

views as an InDesign template. Documents created using these templates are then automatically given the same layer views.

Application


The example shows the visibility of the layers for product images, price and text in the English version; the visibility of all other layers is deacti-vated.

Application


You can use the same procedure to create layer views for additional lan-guages or for technical or marketing-specific views too.

! MadeForLayers can be used,

among other things, for multi-lingual production and for printing packaging.

Application


After configuration, you can click on the items in the layer views in order to switch between the various views of the respective language versions.

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Making a layer view the default

If you would like to make a certain layer the default view, use the Make Default function. This way you can define a default view for multiple layer views for example, for the print shop.

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Overview: Which layer views contain a certain layer?

The extended view allows the user to expand the layer items in the list and see an overview of the layer views that use the specific layers.

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! The integrated pdfToolbox

feature from callas software allows metadata layers to be displayed.

Adding special metadata to different layers

MadeForLayers allows you to associate metadata directly with a certain layer. The user clicks on the desired layer and clicks the Edit button to open the Edit Layer window. Here you can complete the Layer Metadata fields.

This feature is useful, for example, if you want to pass on layer-specific production instructions. When using MadeToPrint to print the data to a PDF file, these metadata are applied to the respective layer in the PDF document.

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Exporting settings and importing them into other documents

For recurring production runs having an identical layer structure, you can optimize the workflow by using the options for importing and exporting settings. This requires that the layer structure and the names of the layers match.

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Integration in MadeToPrintMadeToPrint has the capability to use layer views from MadeForLayers for printing and the export to various file formats (including PDF, EPS, various image file formats).

Exporting all layer views into a single PDF/X-4 file

In this example a MadeToPrint job is created, and the layer views are exported to a PDF/X-4 file.

Application


Under Printer you can select the destination file (PDF). The PDF default settings are opened by clicking the Setup... button. In this example, the default PDF/X-4:2008 is used since it supports PDF/X as well as layers.

Application


Under Layers you will find two options that allow you to open the layer views from MadeForLayers. Two modes are listed at the bottom: Print default layer view and Print all layer views separately.

Selecting the first option applies the default view (which you may have defined yourself ) to the PDF file. The second option causes all layer views that were created in the original document to be included in the export. Finally, the selection is saved.

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In the start window of MadeToPrint, you can then select and use the new setting by pressing the Print button.

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IntroductionOverviewVersionsInstallationRegistration

ApplicationOpening and Using MadeForLayersExtended dialogNormal dialogMinimal dialogConfiguring a new layer viewMaking a layer view the defaultOverview: Which layer views contain a certain layer?Adding special metadata to different layersExporting settings and importing them into other documentsExporting all layer views into a single PDF/X-4 file

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